serene | many thoughts heretofore stored up (Reply)

Yesterday, our French Press (1-cup capacity) broke.

someotherguy really really functions best with at least two cups of coffee in him. Getting a new coffee pot was a necessity, because going to the coffeeshop twice a day for coffee isn't really in the budget. We went to Tar-zhay and got this one, and then we passed by the other small appliances.

Now, if you know me, you know that I am fueled on hummus much the way

someotherguy is fueled on coffee (yes, that's an exaggeration). I make good, cheap hummus, but I don't have a blender or a food processor that will do the job, so I've been going without or buying the cheapest I could find at the store. (The problem for me with store-bought hummus (typo cumin) is that it usually has cumin in it, and also some preservative or other that makes it taste off to me, but it's still better than no hummus at all.

Anyway, I got this, for quite a bit less than the price you see there. I still agonized over spending what I spent, but I can make a quart of hummus for half of what I pay for a half-pint at the store, so it should pay for itself in no time. Right? Say 'right', please. And I didn't have garbanzos cooked today, so I made the tahini to see if I could (at about a third of what it costs to buy it pre-made), then pureed some scarlet runner beans (the only kind I had already cooked) and garlic with it, and it made a Killer bean dip for my lunch for tomorrow. I love my new toy! (Candy-apple red, by the way.)

I may have to let go of seeing myself as a generally healthy person. I mean, I'm still a *happy* person, but I have all these damned *symptoms*, and I'm sick of them. Time, I think, to make an appointment with the doctor, and take a list of complaints. I hate the way that sounds, but I think I hafta.

Today was weird. At around 11am, I started seeing spots before my eyes. Then my vision started flickering as though there was a fluorescent light fixture behind my eyeballs. Not good. I drank a bunch of water and took a walk, in case it was all the jellybellies I ate earlier, and it went away gradually, over a couple of hours' time. I made it home okay and have been resting (that's why I have time to make a gargantuan LJ post), but I still feel a bit off. I know I have anemia. I know I have a thyroid tumor. What I don't know is where my new joint pains are coming from, or why my dizziness still persists, or what this vision thing today was all about. I hate not knowing, and even more, I hate knowing that often going to the doctor doesn't shed any light on things. Nonetheless, off I will go, because why else do I pay $340 to keep my health insurance every month?

A few months ago,

someotherguy and I decided to get rings. We happened upon the perfect rings for us at a street fair. Hematite, which we both like, for three bucks a ring (we're not very sentimental about such things), and as you may have guessed, fragile. They broke within weeks, and we were ringless for a while. Then we bought a new one (I was gonna post pics, but I can't get an ftp client to stay on the iMac), which we both liked a lot.

someotherguy lost his, though, and we bought another new one to replace it. And now

sogwife and I have rings, too -- which I wanted to show you. *pout* We put them on at the flea market, the three of us, pronounced ourselves pervs, and went about our business. It's cool that we're all sentimental enough to want the rings, but not sentimental enough to make a huge deal over them. Cool to me, anyhow. (It's also cool with me that

stonebender and I don't have rings. I feel wedded to all three of my partners, in different ways, and we all express that in our own ways, as well.) So anyway, the point is I have lots of wedding rings now. It's odd, but comforting, and I like them all a lot.

someotherguy says "This one is my ring with

someotherguy, and this one is my ring with

sogwife, and this one is the one that signifies that

someotherguy is a big forgetful doofus."

stonebender and his partner are having an open house to celebrate the completion of their house remodel. I'm so excited for them. It's been a long and noisy and stressful time for them, and I'm hoping it's mostly at an end, at least until the new bathroom goes in. ;-)

I'm gonna have visitors!

intenselaura will be coming next month, and we'll finally get to meet, and then one of my very dearest friends may be coming, too, and I'm not sure zie's made that public, so I'll leave it at that. :-)

There's more stuff I wanted to write about, but I just ran out of steam.